ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ugsome

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈʌɡsəm/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Ugsome is an adjective meaning (chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) Ugly; horrible; disgusting; offensive, loathsome, repellent.

Meaning

(chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland, Northern England) Ugly; horrible; disgusting; offensive, loathsome, repellent.

Example Sentences

Still, it's a cosy country, / unracked by riots or strikes / and backward at drug-taking: / I've heard of a dozen lands / where life sounds far more ugsome, / fitter goals for your disgust.
This is hell, this is the image of death, this is hell, ſuch an euil fauored face, ſuch an ugſom countenance, ſuche an horrible viſage our ſauiour Chriſt ſaw of death and hell in the gardein.
We have italicised the more ugsome parts of the S.S.C. paper so that those of our readers who are too busy mountaineering to read the whole thing may grasp the fundamental psychopathology of the unattractive predators that have battened onto us.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include uglesome, ungoodly, ougly, horrid, foul, lothsome.

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